[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53547-53548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26764]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 77
[Docket No. 97-063-3]
Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designation; Hawaii
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim
rule that amended the tuberculosis regulations concerning the
interstate movement of cattle and bison by raising the designation of
Hawaii from an accredited-free (suspended) State to an accredited-free
State. We have determined that Hawaii meets the
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criteria for designation as an accredited-free State.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was effective on June 1, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joseph VanTiem, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, National Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231, (301) 734-7716.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In an interim rule effective June 1, 1998, and published in the
Federal Register on June 5, 1998 (63 FR 30582-30583, Docket No. 97-063-
2), we amended the tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part 77 by
removing Hawaii from the list of accredited-free (suspended) States in
Sec. 77.1 and adding it to the list of accredited-free States in that
section.
Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or
before August 4, 1998. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, for
the reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule
as a final rule.
This action also affirms the information contained in the interim
rule concerning Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, Executive Orders 12372 and 12988, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Further, for this action, the Office of Management and Budget has
waived the review process required by Executive Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 77
Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Transportation, Tuberculosis.
PART 77--TUBERCULOSIS
Accordingly, we are adopting as a final rule, without change, the
interim rule that amended 9 CFR part 77 and that was published at 63 FR
30582-30583 on June 5, 1998.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111, 114, 114a, 115-117, 120, 121, 134b,
and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).
Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of September 1998.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26764 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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